Gen z men feel equal pressure to get pregnant

Gen Z women are finally starting to share the fertility burden, but men are catching up fast. Recent research showed male factors contribute to infertility around 50% of the time, not just women's issues. So, is this new science impacting how couples navigate getting pregnant? Cosmopolitan asked over 400 people aged 20-49 how they approach fertility, and the results are striking.

Shared responsibility

Across generations and genders, most people recognize fertility is a shared, equal responsibility of both male and female partners. Gen Zers understand this better than older generations: 70% of respondents in their twenties believe fertility is the responsibility of male and female partners equally, compared to 56% of millennials and Gen Xers.

And the pressure is not just coming from outside - Gen Z men who want kids but don't have them are twice as likely as older men to feel pressure from their partners, and almost twice as likely as their female counterparts to feel pressure from themselves.

While women are still more likely to plan and feel responsible for fertility (and more likely to feel burdened by that responsibility), it's heartening to see that as time moves on, people are doing more to share this sense of obligation.